ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,885, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FaceIT Holdings LLC (Aubrey, Texas).

"System and method for facially identifying a person for a sporting event entry" was invented by Todd Martin (Aubrey, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identifying a person approaching an access way of a sporting event. The is identified using pass-through facial recognition technology in which one or more images of the person are taken while the person is in motion. The person is identified by comparing one of the images taken while the person approaches the access way of the sporting event with a profile image of the person."

The patent ...